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Tuesday, August 30, 2016

by The Rev. Audrey Gonzalez, Assisting Priest
It had been many moons since I walked through the bowels of 201 Poplar. I participated in the Hands Around 201 prayer effort outside a few months ago, and I often go in the upper part to the 12 th floor, where the police director and chiefs and the 911 operators do their vital work. But the prison section is below the street level. And it is dreary.
My visit was after Noon, the time of a shift change, so county officers were going home after...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Being named priest-in-charge at Calvary during this unexpected time of discernment and search for a new rector came at just the right moment for me. After being retired for a little over a year from St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City, I was becoming more than a little antsy. Conceptually retirement is nearly perfect, and in fact, it truly is good. But it is not perfect. It’s safe to say that it is good for everyone in my immediate circle that I am going back to work for a...
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